Steelers Beat Saints 16–10 in Paris as France Protests

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The game

• Final: Pittsburgh 16, New Orleans 10 at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, just north of Paris, in the NFL’s first regular-season game in France. Kickoff was 2:32 p.m. Paris time (6:32 a.m. PT). Paid attendance: 78,488 (NFL game book; AP via ESPN).
• How it went. Aaron Rodgers threw a 4-yard touchdown to Darnell Washington, the first NFL touchdown in France, and went 19 of 30 for 212 yards. Chris Boswell kicked three field goals, and Jaylen Warren ran for 101 yards. Tyler Shough went 30 of 38 for 278 yards, with a fourth-down touchdown to Devaughn Vele. Payton Wilson’s third-quarter interception in the red zone stopped the Saints’ best drive. Pittsburgh is now 5–2 and New Orleans 2–5 (AP via ESPN; Saints recap; NFL highlights).

Before the game

• President Trump. At the White House on Friday, Oct. 23, the President said: “I would have said the NFL could have probably postponed that match. France is really in trouble. That’s what happens when you go left” (AP; KDKA video). A day earlier, Secretary of State Marco Rubio had said “our embassy feels the game will be fine” (The Hill).
• NFL security. The league said security would be heightened in coordination with French authorities and the U.S. State Department, and that the game was never in danger of not being played (NFL.com). The NFL closed its “NFL House” and its pop-up shop in Paris on Saturday, citing “potential accessibility issues” (AP).
• Saturday’s protests. France’s Interior Ministry counted about 410,000 marchers nationwide and 110,000 in Paris; unions said the number was twice as high (USA Today). Clashes broke out at the end of the Paris march, and Paris police reported 142 arrests (BFMTV; BFMTV).
• Game day. AP described a jovial mood and a “visible but discreet” police presence at the stadium (AP).

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